Quotes

‘A third of Europe’s cocaine now transits through West Africa, and that share could rise to half by 2030.’ 

Lucia Bird Ruiz, director of Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime, on the organisation’s report that Balkan networks are turning West Africa into a gateway for its drug trade

‘I call for respect for humanitarian law and for the personnel who are on the ground and who are committed to saving lives.’

French President Emmanuel Macron after a drone strike in Goma killed a French humanitarian worker 

‘The battle to rescue our party from the hands of government agents masquerading as opposition leaders must be fought, and we are determined to do so and win.’ 

Ini Ememobong, national publicity secretary of Nigeria’s opposition Peoples Democratic Party, on taking its leadership dispute ruling to the Supreme Court

‘The Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood uses unrestrained violence against civilians to undermine efforts to resolve the conflict in Sudan and advance its violent Islamist ideology.’ 

Marco Rubio, US Secretary of State, announcing that the declaration of the Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood as a ‘terrorist’ group